participation, which also leads to an increase in their employment probability. Our analysis considers within- and between …-effect). Furthermore, we demonstrate that partners’ employment in low-paid jobs has an effect on women’s labor market choices and outcomes …

symmetric marginal employment subsidies where firms are rewarded when they increase employment but punished when they reduce … their workforce, we consider an asymmetric scheme that only rewards employment expansion. This changes the incidence … employment and welfare. For moderate subsidy rates, all unions prefer to restrain their wage claims. At sufficiently high subsidy …

affects employment, wage inequality, public expenditures, and aggregate income in the low-wage sector. It is shown that a … employment depending on the subsidies' incidence and income effects. Wage subsidies also allow a more equal income distribution …

in Germany, on employment, wage inequality, public expenditures, and incomes of poor households: 1) a statutory minimum … subsidies, the government can ensure more favorable employment and income effects. Combining a minimum wage with a wage subsidy …

Common wisdom holds that the introduction of a non-binding minimum wage is irrelevant for actual wages and employment … bargained wages, we show that such minimum wages can drive up wages - and be harmful to employment - when bargaining follows the …

In this paper, we attempt to renew the interest in marginal employment subsidies. Such subsidies are paid only for a … firm's additional employment exceeding some reference level and create larger employment stimuli at lower fiscal costs than … marginal subsidization), the replacement of regular paid workers by outsourcing employment to newly established firms - a …